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Here you find current news about plastic packaging – from business and politics as well as from associations and the media. This newsroom is maintained by the Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. and PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V., two of the largest interest groups of the plastics industry in Germany.
European FIBC Association confirms and strengthens the board / FIBC Academy presented for the first time
Bad Homburg/Amsterdam, 4. Dezember 2019, the members of the European FIBC (Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers*) Association – EFIBCA – con [...]
K 2019: PlasticsEurope unweils survey Plastics the Facts 2019 and Voluntary Commitment Progress
The industry’s progress and new developments to increase sustainability and circularity of plastics were unveiled today at the PlasticsEurope press [...]
World Plastics Council meets to advance a circular economy for plastics
World Plastics Council – Annual General Assembly held during K 2019. Executives of leading global plastics manufacturers discussed plans to advance te [...]
Avoiding environmental littering, pushing forward with a circular economy – Plastics industry creates transparency for global plastic flows
Plastics are an important resource that must be recycled and not end up as environmental litter. In order to manage and optimise the flows of mater [...]
Packaging ecologically with plastic: Eco Design Guidelines now available in English
The “Management Guidelines for the Eco Design of Plastic Packaging”, launched in Berlin this summer, are now also available in English. The guideli [...]
Programme of the K 2019 Special Show
Industry engage in dialogue – global, European, local When the world’s leading plastics trade fair K 2019 opens its doors, the Special Show i [...]